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"Mrsfunnybones" Twinkle Khanna backs ‘AIB’ Roast

“While u are busy watching
the #IndoVsPak match,here's something 2 chew on in d break, let me know if u
agree/disagree?” is what Akshay Kumar tweeted on the morning of 14th February.
Along with it, he posted a link to wife Twinkle’s article. Former actress
Twinkle Khanna wrote an article on censorship, particularly about the ongoing
controversy about the comedy show ‘AIB’. She expressed her views on the matter
in Times of India. In the article, Twinkle defended ‘AIB’ and spoke about
issues that should be a cause of concern- rather than jokes on a TV show.

This is what Twinkle wrote
for the column, “Shouldn't we save our strength to protest against things that
really matter - like gangs of men still killing and raping women as they did
again in Rohtak; that we spend $38.35 billion on warfare but are slashing our
health care budget by 20% despite being a country whose public spending on
health is already among the lowest in the world; that a bunch of us have been
called ‘haramzade’ on a political platform from a member of the party that governs
us and not from a standup comedian but no FIR is filed against the politician
but is filed against the AIB comedians instead.”

Following this, Twinkle
gathered praise from several celebrities. Priyanka Chopra tweeted, “Such
imperative questions! Well done!” Sonakshi Sinha was another one to support
Twinkle. “STANDING OVATION”- the ‘Dabangg’ actress tweeted. Actor Vinay Pathak
posted, “now that's a roast I like. Let it trend , go viral , and offend
somebody pl. It’s in vogue anyways” Arjun Kapoor, one of the victims of the
‘roast’ tweeted, “Please run for office…genius and genuine…”

‘AIB’ has been surrounded by
controversies the day it hit Youtube. It has been criticized mostly by
politicians- especially the Maharashtra government. Several Bollywood personalities
came forward to support the show, but it is surprising to see a prominent actor
raise his voice against ‘AIB’. Aamir Khan is not happy with the show, as
evident from what he said, “I have not seen the entire roast but I have heard
about it and I have seen 2-3 clips of it. I was deeply affected by that. I
scolded them (Karan Johar and Arjun Kapoor) and said 'I don't find it funny'. I
personally have a problem with it. I felt it was a very violent event. Violence
is not only physical, it can be verbal and emotional too. When you insult
someone, you perpetuate violence.”